The Good Day All Thread

Holiday Blessings to All !
Seems like some of us have a very merry white x-mas.

 

@Netty - That will be a lovely day together full of great stories of resilience. A family dinner with all of your loved ones safe will feel like a Christmas present wrapped in a beautiful bow.

 

We have warmed to -1 with a freezing rain warning into tomorrow afternoon. I spoke to a family member in town today and many people have no water, and the water shelves are bare. Looks like I won't be the only one melting snow.

A cool aside....there were no hard water deposits in the snow melt. So my humidifier that Santa brought me will be very happy. All of that work paid off even though our water is back on.

Merry Christmas everyone.

 

Melody nice the waters ok and running. And a humidifier.. your air is dry? Ours is the opposite.
I ran a dehumidifier for a few years inside for winters. . It would fill up with 2 gallons of water in just a couple of days. Then I would use the water to water my indoor plants , seedling. It’s amazing how much water is collected in the air inside .
Enjoying the quiet and peace.

 

Good Monday morning all. Currently -8°C and mostly cloudy. The wind is finally starting to die back - its been blowing since Friday.
Today is Turkey day! The grandkids will be coming over today for an early dinner and gifts and I'm excited! They've been sick so I haven't seen them for a while!
I hope everyone was spoiled by Santa!
Have an amazing day all

 

In the winter months, when it is cold, our air is typically very dry. Glaxal cream and Udder Butter are my friends.

In the house it is incredibly dry because of the wood heat. I have to adjust my bread recipes in winter to allow for the dryness - they always take a little more liquid or less flour. If I don't have a humidifier by my bed I have real difficulties with my sinuses and asthma. This new one is a small top filling one. That's exciting.

When I have gone to the coast in the winter as a young person, the cold was much deeper. Damp cold is very cold. I can relate to what Droopy was saying, and yourself along the coast. And Sjoerd.

 

Melody.. oh I can totally understand the dry air. It can be brutal. I lived in Colorado for years. A high desert Plateau. It was incredibly dry air. I was always sick with sore throats and coughs. Since moving here in the Pacific coastal Northwest I have not one sore throat cough. But I have to say the snow is very heavy and wet here and the damp weather here makes it feel much colder than the dry cold winters in snowy Colorado. Does that make sense?

Netty how good was Santa to you this year? -I is cold…way to cold for me. It just plain hurts. We had rib roast and sweet taters veggies corn bread . And the ice and snow has squished the garden flatter than a pancake.

 

Good Tuesday morning all. Currently -6°c and snowing lightly.
We had a lovely turkey dinner with the kids and grandkids yesterday. Today, we are finally getting together with my sisters family for our traditional Christmas Eve dinner of Schnitzel, red cabbage, kale and potatoes. My BIL has a huge train track set up in his basement and I can't wait to see my grandsons eyes widen with amazement watching it! Should be another great day. And yes, Santa has been good to me this year ... I got a little rototiller attachment for my raised beds that I just cant wait to use this spring to 'stir' in the leaves! Kids got me a family ring that's pretty special too. Everyone was spoiled all around, we were blessed.
Off to the rink this morning first. Have a great day all

 

Netty—It is delightful reading about your holiday. It is wonderful when folks can perceive their good fortune.

Mel— too right about the dry air. When I lived in Alaska, I had frequent nosebleeds from the incredible dryness. When I worked up on the North Slope it was worse. It was as dry as the Sahara during the winter. We used to say that it only snowed once a winter…at the beginning, and the rest of the winter the hand-full of snowflakes just blew around from one side of the area and back.

I will say though that white-outs were common, but they came from auto and machinery exhaust. It made work very difficult.

 

Nosebleeds are a huge problem for Hubby and my son. Son is a little better since not living here.

When my daughter worked in Nome Alaska, she helped out her boss with their sled dogs. The Boss lady gave her a tub of Udder Butter, which now graces our night stand. Amazing for cracked hands and fingers. Stinks like crazy, and is green hahaha. But it has really helped.

I can't imagine working at the North Slope. Hubby worked in Norman Wells as a young fella, as a bull cook. And on the Beaufort Sea as a RoustAbout. North Slope sounds like it is very exposed.

 

There is a cream, Udder Balm, that is intended for cows. However, it is great for dry, cracked skin in humans. I have a friend whose fingers were actually bleeding from the cracks, so I gave her a tube of Udder Balm and within a couple of days her hands were healed! Her daughter is a nurse, and with all the hand washing they do, she and her co-workers all had dry skin. My friend gave her a tube of the cream, and it worked so well the hospital bought a case of it and distributed it to the nursing staff.
Udder Balm comes in a tube, or in a tin. It looks a lot like petroleum jelly, but it works wonders. I always have some on hand. When it comes down to me or the cows, the cows lose!

 

Same as Udder Butter. I can only get mine at the feed store. I gave some to my hairdresser four years ago...when I still went to a hairdresser. Good stuff!

 

What exactly is udder butter— it sounds like a topical application for mastitis or something.

Well Mel, then your hubby has some experience with .extreme weather. It was extreme there— the winter, and then the summer with its heat and biting flies…in their millions. Literally. One could hike, but not without some protection against them. I used to overdose with B1. It is water soluble which means that when the body takes up what it needs, the extra gets excreted in the form of urine, sweat and so forth. The sweating worked well for me. I have seen mozzies land on my arms and walk around looking for a place to bite. Finally they would just fly off without biting.
The downside is the smell of vitamins. That goes away when you stop with the pills…or you get used to it.

 

Good Wednesday afternoon, all! We've got clear, chilly weather after the gale force winds, rain and sleet yesterday. Wasn't as bad as predicted, but now we have ice on the roads again. Today will be the quiet before another winter storm due in on New Year's Eve. I did nothing yesterday but didn't finish so same today. Maybe genaology later.

Udder cream is what I was brought up with as a lotion/moisturizer for anything skin-related. @Sjoerd, it is used for keeping the cows' udders' skin soft. I know some also use it on goats. The bottle from my childhood was white with blue print. No perfume or anything fancy in it.

Hope you all have running water, electricity, something fun to do, and somebody to hang out with.

 

I think I know what you mean, Droopske. I believe my opa had that stuff. I remember a certain smell that it had. cheers for the clarifying that.

I am giving my back a rest and watching the National Championships Speed Skating here. It gets me excited.